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U+9EBB, 麻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EBB

[U+9EBA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9EBC]
U+2FC7, ⿇
KANGXI RADICAL HEMP

[U+2FC6]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2FC8]
麻 U+2FA15, 麻
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2FA15
𪊑
[U+2FA14]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䵖
[U+2FA16]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 
Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han characterEdit

(Kangxi radical 200, +0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈木木 (IDD) or 戈十金金 (IJCC), four-corner 00294, composition广(GJV) or ⿸广𣏟(HTK))

  1. Kangxi radical #200, .

Derived charactersEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 1515, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47888
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2044, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4723, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9EBB

ChineseEdit

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

Ideogrammic compound (會意): + 𣏟: a representation of hemp leaves.

EtymologyEdit

Etymology not clear, however PKS *Ɂŋra¹ ‘sesame’ looks remotely similar to OC.

PronunciationEdit


Note: muài - vernacular, mà - literary.
Note: môa, bâ - vernacular, mâ - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/ma/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/maɨ/
Li
Rong
/ma/
Wang
Li
/ma/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ma/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maa4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹  ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.mˁraj/
English hemp

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8694
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mraːl/

DefinitionsEdit

  1. general name for hemp, flax, jute, etc.
      ―    ―  hemp; cannabis
      ―  huáng  ―  jute
      ―    ―  flax
  2. hemp fibre; linen
      ―    ―  sackcloth; linen
      ―  shéng  ―  hemp rope
  3. (historical, obsolete) hemp band worn on the head or waist by the a mourner
  4. mourning garment; mourning apparel
    戴孝  ―  dàixiào  ―  to wear the hemp garments of mourning
  5. (historical) imperial edict
  6. Short for 芝麻 (zhīma, “sesame”).
      ―  yóu  ―  sesame oil
  7. numerous; chaotic
  8. coarse; rough
  9. spotty; pitted
      ―  què  ―  sparrow
  10. (traditional Chinese medicine) Short for 麻疹 (mázhěn, “measles”).
  11. pockmark; pock
      ―    ―  pockmark; pockmarked person
      ―  liǎn  ―  pockmarked face
  12. numb; senseless
      ―    ―  paralysis
      ―  yào  ―  anesthetic
      ―  Wǒ de tuǐ dōu zuò le.  ―  My legs have gone numb while sitting.
  13. (of foods) having the taste like one of Sichuan pepper
      ―    ―  Sichuan pepper-y and spicy
    舌頭舌头  ―  shétóu fā  ―  to have a tingling tongue
  14. a surname

SynonymsEdit

CompoundsEdit

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]

麻󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
 
麻󠄃
+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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KanjiEdit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Kanji in this term
あさ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Likely cognate with Korean (sam, hemp).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

(あさ) (asa

  1. hemp
    • c. 800: Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)
      麻衣 阿佐
  2. flax
  3. linen

Proper nounEdit

(あさ) (Asa

  1. a surname

Etymology 2Edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

/wo//o/

From Old Japanese (wo).[4]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

() (o (wo)?

  1. The hemp or ramie plant.
  2. Thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems.

Etymology 3Edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Possibly from an altered pronunciation of asa.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

() (so

  1. hemp
Usage notesEdit

Most often found in compounds.

Etymology 4Edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese (MC mˠa, “hemp”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

() (ma

  1. The hemp plant.
  2. The bark of the hemp plant.
  3. Thread, yarn, or cloth made from the hemp fiber. Used in the past for mourning clothes in China.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 2428 (paper), page 1266 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
  2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (c. 800) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

, eumhun (sam ma)

  1. Hanja form? of (hemp, jute, flax).
  2. Hanja form? of (sesame).

CompoundsEdit

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

: Hán Nôm readings: ma, ,

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